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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






2. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






3. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






4. Ability to understand and express spoken language






5. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






6. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






7. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






8. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






9. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






10. Feeling through fingertips






11. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






12. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






13. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






14. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






15. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






16. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






17. Whole body learning






18. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






19. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






20. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






21. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






22. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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23. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






24. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






25. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






26. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






27. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






28. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






29. English as a second language






30. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






31. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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32. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






33. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






34. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






35. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






36. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






37. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






38. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






39. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






40. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






41. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






42. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






43. Individual Educational Plan






44. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






45. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






46. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






47. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






48. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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49. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






50. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept







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